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Activists publish interactive virtual tours of Tasmanian slaughterhouses

Tue 19 March 2024, 7:00am
Tue 19 Mar '24
by Farm Transparency Project
Animal protection organisation Farm Transparency Project (FTP) has published interactive virtual tours of two Tasmanian slaughterhouses recently exposed for cruelty The tours were filmed with 360-degree cameras inside Tasmanian Quality Meats at Cressy, and Scottsdale Pork, during FTP's covert investigation last year With the state election just days away, FTP has published the tours - which incorporate footage from hidden cameras - to draw attention to months of inaction by...
Campaign news

Liberals sitting on abattoir cruelty taskforce, Greens claim

Sat 16 March 2024, 3:30pm
Sat 16 Mar '24
by Benjamin Seeder (The Advocate)
Latest on Tasmanian abattoir animal cruelty taskforce findings amid election season. Greens, Liberals clash over reforms.
Campaign news

Undercover Investigation into Victorian Piggery Captures Animal Cruelty and Bestiality

Fri 15 March 2024, 12:46am
Fri 15 Mar '24
by Trinity Sparke (One Green Planet)
A disturbing revelation has emerged from a northern Victorian piggery, sending shockwaves through the agricultural community.
Campaign news

Bradley O’Reilly, 30, has been charged with bestiality after allegedly sexually assaulting a pig at Midland Bacon piggery

Wed 13 March 2024, 2:13pm
Wed 13 Mar '24
by Oscar Jaeger (Herald Sun)
The man accused of performing a vile act on an innocent sow at a local piggery is the son of the manager of the stockyard,...
Campaign news

Pig welfare inquiry participants walk out to avoid seeing footage of alleged bestiality

Tue 12 March 2024, 6:20pm
Tue 12 Mar '24
by Bec Symons (ABC News)
Politicians who stayed for the footage from a Stanhope piggery, including the alleged bestiality of a pig by a worker, watched on in shock as...
Campaign news

Police say activists inadvertently capture man’s alleged vile act at Victoria pig farm

Tue 12 March 2024, 4:00pm
Tue 12 Mar '24
by Nathan Schmidt and Blair Jackson (The Australian)
A man has been charged with bestiality offences after he was allegedly caught on video by animal activists committing a vile sex act at a...
Campaign news

Pig cruelty claims: loopholes blamed for animal abuse | Shepparton News

Tue 12 March 2024, 1:00pm
Tue 12 Mar '24
by AAP Newswire (Shepparton News)
Agricultural exemptions to animal protection laws are leading to cruelty in Victorian pig processing facilities, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.
Campaign news

Man charged with bestiality after alleged incident at piggery | Shepparton News

Tue 12 March 2024, 1:00pm
Tue 12 Mar '24
by McPherson Media Group (Shepparton News)
A man has been filmed on hidden camera allegedly performing a sexual act on an animal at a piggery near Stanhope.
Campaign news

Victoria Police arrest pig abattoir worker with bestiality charge

Tue 12 March 2024, 12:36pm
Tue 12 Mar '24
by Rachel Simmonds (Stock & Land)
A pig abattoir worker in central Victoria is facing bestiality charges after being arrested by Victoria Police.
Campaign news

‘Phase out’: Farm Transparency Group calls for pig farming to end

Tue 12 March 2024, 12:00pm
Tue 12 Mar '24
by Shannon Twomey (The Weekly Times)
Animal activist groups have called for an end to commercial pig farming at a state government inquiry into pig welfare in Victoria.
Campaign news

Shock footage shows alleged vile pig act

Tue 12 March 2024, 9:35am
Tue 12 Mar '24
by Nathan Schmidt (News.com.au)
A man has been charged with bestiality offences after he was allegedly caught on video by animal activists committing a vile sex act at a...
Campaign news

Shock footage shows alleged vile pig act

Tue 12 March 2024, 9:35am
Tue 12 Mar '24
by NCA NewsWire (Yahoo News)
A man has been arrested after police allege a vile act was caught on video at a rural pig farm.
Campaign news

Farm worker allegedly caught having sex with a pig on hidden cameras set up by animal activists to...

Tue 12 March 2024, 12:31am
Tue 12 Mar '24
by Padraig Collins (Daily Mail)
Animal rights activists who broke into a piggery and installed hidden cameras to record alleged incidents of animal cruelty, found more than they bargained for...
General news

Video surveillance to be installed in some Australian abattoirs | SBS News

Mon 11 March 2024, 9:58pm
Mon 11 Mar '24
by Mahnaz Angury (SBS News)
Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with It's a long-delayed initiative - finally coming into fruition. After sustained lobbying by animal...
Campaign news

Allegations of animal cruelty and a bestiality charge at Victorian piggery | 7.30

Mon 11 March 2024, 9:00pm
Mon 11 Mar '24
by Rhiana Whitson (ABC 7.30)
New allegations of animal cruelty at a Victorian piggery have emerged on the eve of a state parliamentary inquiry into the welfare of farmed pigs....
Campaign news

Allegations of animal cruelty and a charge of bestiality at Victorian Piggery emerge on eve of state parliamentary inquiry

Mon 11 March 2024, 8:34pm
Mon 11 Mar '24
by Rhiana Whitson (ABC News)
Secret recordings show the legal but inhumane way piglets are killed in Victoria but also lead to a man being charged with bestiality.
Media release

Piggery worker caught performing sexual acts on caged pig in ‘sickening’ new footage

Mon 11 March 2024, 8:25pm
Mon 11 Mar '24
by Farm Transparency Project
Footage captured last month by Farm Transparency Project shows a worker at a Victorian piggery raping a female pig (sow) who is confined in a...
Editorial

Who We Fight For

Fri 8 March 2024, 4:06pm
Fri 8 Mar '24
by Farm Transparency Project
Being an investigator means seeing thousands of animals every year, most who are weeks, days or hours away from a violent death. While every animal...
Media release

Victorian slaughterhouse re-exposed by hidden cameras, 10 years after cruelty allegations

Tue 5 March 2024, 7:00am
Tue 5 Mar '24
by Farm Transparency Project
Farm Transparency Project has released new footage of the slaughter of cows at Gathercole’s slaughterhouse in Wangaratta. The footage shows cows seemingly still conscious...
General news

Victorian Abattoir Accepts Responsibility for Animal Welfare Breaches After Activist Footage

Mon 4 March 2024, 3:03pm
Mon 4 Mar '24
by Geeta Pillai (BNN)
Victorian abattoir Australian Food Group commits to diversion program following exposure of pig slaughter methods by activists.
General news

Australian Food Group admits responsibility for animal welfare breaches at pig abattoir

Mon 4 March 2024, 2:54pm
Mon 4 Mar '24
by Emma Field (ABC News)
The owner of a Victorian piggery has accepted responsibility for the breaches after an investigation was sparked by video of slaughter practices inside its facilities.
Investigator Diary

Maisie's Story

Mon 4 March 2024, 2:38pm
Mon 4 Mar '24
by Anonymous
We met Maisie in the holding pens at Benalla slaughterhouse. Out of the dozens of pigs and piglets crowded together in the mud and filth,...
General news

Victorian pig abattoir avoids criminal conviction

Fri 1 March 2024, 3:00pm
Fri 1 Mar '24
by Peter Hunt (The Weekly Times)
The court case against an abattoir in Melbourne’s southwest has concluded after animal activist footage led to charges arising from its handling of pigs.
Campaign news

Farm Transparency Project launch attack on dairying

Wed 28 February 2024, 2:56pm
Wed 28 Feb '24
by Peter Hunt (The Weekly Times)
Farm Transparency Project activists have launched an End Dairy Slaughter campaign, using distressing video footage.
Media release

New anti-dairy campaign takes aim at Dairy Australia’s flagship education program

Tue 27 February 2024, 7:00am
Tue 27 Feb '24
by Farm Transparency Project
Farm Transparency Project has released a new campaign calling for a ban of Dairy Australia’s Discover Dairy program, which provides lesson plans and activities...
Editorial

Did Farm Transparency Project Just Help Topple a Government?

Thu 15 February 2024, 3:29pm
Thu 15 Feb '24
by Kristy Alger
When activists with Farm Transparency Project first walked into the Tasmanian Quality Meats slaughterhouse in the dead of night, they had no idea that the...
Campaign news

Tasmania to mandate CCTV in abattoirs to stop animal cruelty

Wed 31 January 2024, 9:49am
Wed 31 Jan '24
by Isabel Bird (The Advocate)
Investigation into Tasmania's abattoirs exposed animal abuse allegations. Government creates livestock taskforce and considers new regulations to improve animal welfare.
Media release

Cruelty still rampant at infamous Tasmanian slaughterhouse, seven years on

Tue 30 January 2024, 7:00am
Tue 30 Jan '24
by Farm Transparency Project
New footage from Gretna Quality Meats has revealed that animal cruelty is still rife, seven years after the facility was originally exposed by Animal Liberation...
Investigator Diary

Bear's Story

Mon 29 January 2024, 2:35pm
Mon 29 Jan '24
by Harley
Sometimes out of the darkest of places come stories of hope. But our time at Snowtown had no happy endings. On our final night investigating...
General news

Animal abuse alleged at North-West abattoir - 7HOFM

Wed 24 January 2024, 10:17am
Wed 24 Jan '24
by Martin Agatyn (7HoFM)
More footage of animal mistreatment is claimed to have been filmed at a Tasmanian slaughterhouse, this time at an abattoir near Burnie.
Media release

More footage shows animal cruelty and dangerous conditions at Stowport slaughterhouse

Mon 22 January 2024, 7:00am
Mon 22 Jan '24
by Farm Transparency Project
New covert camera footage captured at Wal's Bulk Meats in Stowport, shows workers jumping on cows, sheep killed without stunning, cows shot multiple times with...
General news

Hundreds of live sheep export phase-out submissions kept secret amid fears of reprisal from animal activists | The West Australian

Sat 20 January 2024, 5:00am
Sat 20 Jan '24
by Kimberley Caines (The West Australian)
Hundreds of submissions on the phase-out of the live sheep export trade are being kept secret after farmers requested anonymity amid fears of reprisal from...
General news

Stephanie Tretheway, Australian of the Year nominee, condemns 'crazy vegans' as her farm is targeted by animal rights activists | Daily Mail Online

Fri 19 January 2024, 1:00pm
Fri 19 Jan '24
by David Southwell (Daily Mail Australia)
A nominee for Australian of the Year is engaged in a bitter feud with animal activists after film emerged of an abattoir she previously part-owned...
Campaign news

‘Not good enough’: Animal rights activists stage protest at Tasmanian Quality Meats

Wed 17 January 2024, 12:05am
Wed 17 Jan '24
by Pulse Hobart (Pulse Hobart)
Animal rights activists have converged on an abattoir in Northern Tasmania with the aim of 'disrupting operations' at the Cressy business. The "vigil" at Tasmanian...
Campaign news

Offending Tasmanian abattoirs must face consequences, bodies say

Tue 16 January 2024, 5:30pm
Tue 16 Jan '24
by Hamish Geale (The Examiner)
Activists staged a nine-hour vigil outside Cressy's Tasmanian Quality Meats on Tuesday. Meanwhile, TasFarmers says enough is enough.
Campaign news

Animal activists continue campaign demanding animal welfare reform

Tue 16 January 2024, 5:00am
Tue 16 Jan '24
by Joe Colbrook (The Examiner)
Animal activists plan to disrupt animal transport trucks at Tasmanian Quality Meats abattoir. Protest aims to shed light on animal cruelty issues in Tasmania.
Media release

Protesters plan disruption at Cressy slaughterhouse after release of “shocking” hidden camera footage

Mon 15 January 2024, 8:00am
Mon 15 Jan '24
by Farm Transparency Project
Campaigners from Animal Liberation Tasmania and Farm Transparency Project are planning on disrupting animal transport trucks at Tasmanian Quality Meats slaughterhouse, in a protest against “...
Investigator Diary

Felix's Story

Sun 14 January 2024, 7:36pm
Sun 14 Jan '24
by Meghan Quinlan
This is Felix. A beautiful baby boy I was privileged to meet and spend time with. Felix was healthy. Apart from being malnourished and weak...
Editorial

Scottsdale Pork - A pig slaughterhouse at the intersection of political corruption and bigotry

Sat 13 January 2024, 8:49pm
Sat 13 Jan '24
by Kristy Alger
In October 2007 two elders from a secretive religious sect, the Exclusive Brethren, were granted permanent access to the ministers and backbenchers of the Federal Liberal...
Campaign news

Calls for closure: Activists allege more animal cruelty at Scottsdale Pork meat facility

Thu 11 January 2024, 8:00pm
Thu 11 Jan '24
by Pulse Hobart (Pulse Hobart)
Additional footage showing what activists allege to be instances of animal cruelty at yet another Tasmanian abattoir has been released. The Farm Transparency Project (FTP)...
Campaign news

Footage of alleged animal cruelty at Scottsdale Pork-owned Ten Mile Enterprises Meat Facility released

Thu 11 January 2024, 6:00pm
Thu 11 Jan '24
by Simon McGuire (The Mercury)
‘Confronting to watch the systemic cruelty,’ Greens say. Footage from a Tasmanian abattoir emerges showing alleged animal cruelty including conscious pigs ‘lowered into a scalding...